The Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law
Established in 2013, the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL) is based at the Law School of the University of Eastern Finland.
Research
CCEEL aims to produce high-quality and policy-relevant research in its areas of expertise. The Center’s research activities are carried out by three research groups, focusing respectively on: climate change and international environmental law, energy law, Finnish environmental law, and law in water and environmental governance.
CCEEL is hosting several research projects with funding from the European Research Council, the Finnish Strategic Research Council, the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Ministry of the Environment.
Learn more about our research areas and projects.
Education
CCEEL coordinates the UEF’s Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law, launched in 2013. It is also part of the Nordic Master in Environmental Law together with the Universities of Uppsala (Sweden) and Tromsø (Norway), whereby students spend time at each of the three Nordic universities. CCEEL also cooperates with UN Environment Programme to organise an annual capacity-building course on multilateral environmental agreements for international environmental negotiators and diplomats. Starting in 2004, the course has been organised 15 times.
Learn more about our Master’s degree and doctoral programmes, and UEF-UNEP courses.
UEF-UNEP
University of Eastern Finland (UEF) – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
The UEF-UN Environment Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements is a high profile two week Course on MEAs, international environmental law-making and diplomacy. It is organised annually in cooperation of the University of Eastern Finland and United Nations Environment Programme, with a changing course venue and theme each year.
Learn more about the Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
People
The CCEEL team includes several well-known international experts and consists of seven professors, around ten senior or post-doctoral researchers and more than 20 PhD researchers.
Projects
CCEEL currently hosts several research projects, funded by among others the European Research Council, the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Strategic Research Council, and the Finnish Ministry of the Environment.
Latest blogs:
- Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Environment, Climate Change and Green Energy Transition
- Taking Stock of the Stocktake: Reflections from the Bonn Technical Dialogue
- Finland’s new Climate Change Act and the legally-binding target for carbon neutrality by 2035: How it happened and what it means?
- The Right to a Healthy Environment as an Environmental Grundnorm
- Historic inquiry holds the Carbon Majors accountable for the impacts of climate change in the Philippines
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Have any questions, comments, or feedback? Let us know : cceel(at)uef.fi